Railway-chair



(No Model.)

GI HI- RAILWAY CHAIR.

,No. 515,363 Patented Feb. 27, 1894.

NITED STATES CHARLES H. READ, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILWAY-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 515,363, dated February27, 1894.

Application filed December 27, 1892. Serial No. 456,425. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. READ, of Pittsburg, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Railway-Chairs, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan View ofmy improved rail-chair, with a portion of the rail-head broken away; andFig. 2 is an end elevation, partly in section, of the same.

My invention relates to the chairs employed in street railways, and itsobject is to attain a cheaper and stronger chair than has heretoforebeen devised. I

To that end it consistsina box-chair of the usual type, which isprovided with diagonally opposite slots, which slots are either in theextreme ends' of the chair and open at one end, or removed from the endsthus forming inclosed holes, and having a clip-bar passed through theseslots or holes and bent over at its ends to hold the rail upon thechair.

It also consists in the construction and arrangement of the parts ashereinafter more fully described and set forth in the claims.

In the drawings,in which similar numerals indicate corresponding parts,2 indicates the rail-chair having the usual base flanges 3, 3, sides 4,4, and top portion 5, upon which the rail rests. At diagonally oppositepoints in the chair are formed the holes or slots 6, 6, through which ispassed the clamping-bar 7, the projecting ends of this bar being bentover to form clamps which engage the lower rail-flanges and hold thesame securely upon the chair. I have shown the bar as fastened to thechair by rivets 8 passing through the chair-top, but it will beunderstood that these are not necessary and that in my broad claim Iintend to cover the combination whether the bar is fastened bymechanical means to the chair-top or not. The inner ends of the clipsare out at an angle as shown in Fig. 1, in order that these clips may bebrought nearer together and yet allow space for the placing of the railtherein, the chair being turnedat an angle to the rail which dropstherein between the clips, and the chair then turned into parallelismwith the rail, and the clips thereby being forced upon the rail flanges.

Though I show in my drawings the holes removed from the ends of thechair, as this is much the stronger and better form, it will beunderstood that I intend to cover in my first claim also the formwherein open slots are formed in the opposite ends of the chair and aclip-bar bent up through these slots into position. I

Many other variations may be made in th shape and location of the slots,the size and length of the clip-bar, 850., without departure from myinvention.

The advantages of the chair lie in its strength, simplicity andoheapness, as the chair is very little weakened by the forming of theholes therein, especially where they are removed from its ends.

I claim- 1. The railroad rail-ohair having at diagonally oppositecorners, slots, and the clamp ing-bar secured at the under side of thetop of the chair, and having its upturned endportions passed throughsaid slots and adapted to clamp the foot of the rail; substantially asdescribed.

2. A rail-chair having diagonally opposite inclosed holes in its sides,and a clampingbar passing through said holes and having its ends bentover to form clips for the rail; substantially as described.

3. Arail-chair, having diagonally opposite inclosed holes, in its sidesand a clampingbar passing through said holes and having its ends bentover to form. clips for the rail, theends of these clips being out orbeveled at an angle to allow admission of the rail; substantially asdescribed.

4. A rail-chair, having diagonally opposite inclosed holes in its sides,and a clampingbar passing through said holes and having its ends bentover to form clips for the rail, said bar being riveted to the top ofthe chair; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES H. READ. Witnesses:

THOMAS W. BAKEWELL, H. M. CoRWIN.

